When a swarm of unwanted pigeons hear that the mayor is promising homes for all, they spring into action

Pushed to their limit, the Manta Rays rise up against Man to take control of the Earth; it is the dawning of a new Manta Ray Era and the “flattening” of Mankind.

The Miracle, a place where the sun always shines, with endless opportunities to relax and food in abundance. But how do you relate to a place that constantly confronts you with the things you don’t have?

In a fit of jealousy, Mira does everything to get her love for Doenja returned. After a wild and dangerous climb through the city, she gets her way, but love cannot be forced.

Margot’s daughter decides what’s best for her old mother. Until Margot herself takes back control of her life. She is going to die anyway, then rather with love and fun.

When stung by a nettle, Sarah avoids making it worse by not scratching her itch. As everyday irritations start to accumulate, will she be able to resist the urge?

A giant egg shaped timer counting down till the end of existence washes ashore at the beaches near apartment building The Pink Pearl. While it’s quite a shock for the uptight residents, it ultimately motivates them to finally let loose. But with only six seconds remaining, the clock comes to a halt. Their ecstatic mood turns as the waiting for a new end begins, which could now be at any moment.

In the 1950s the Kavaros circus is in financial distress. After an accident in the ring 17-year-old acrobat Juul goes into a coma, and the doctor pronounces her brain dead.

After a party full of repulsively similar couples, Tina flees home, where her boyfriend turns out to be proudly wearing the same shirt as her. In desperation, she fights to prevent them from becoming a fused couple as well.

When Grandma’s dog Stella dies, her granddaughter Luna helps with the burial. But what exactly happens when you are dead and six feet under? Grandma evades the answer, so Luna is tempted to see for herself what’s going on down there.

Mick throws wantonly with tomatoes and hits Lydia, an old, disabled woman. He comes to her aid but Lydia turns out not to be as needy as he thought. The image of perpetrator and victim slowly tilts.

1932. On the day that the Afsluitdijk – a dyke closing the Zuiderzee – will be completed, a fisherman wants to escape through the last gap towards the open sea. When he almost reaches the gap, his son appears. He sneaked on board as a stowaway and wants to stop his father, creating a huge dilemma for him.

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Growing up in the Ukrainian USSR of the 80s, three teenagers learn to stand for their choices and beliefs. Confronted with the Soviet reality, they come to realize that their desires mean nothing in the adult-world. Nevertheless, they cherish their moments together: secretly smoking in the school toilets, talking about their favorite painters, and enjoying their days before the exams.

When her mother takes her own life, Mari (16) has nowhere to turn with her conflicting emotions so decides to suppress them. When this slowly but surely transforms her into a living funeral bouquet, she finds out that her best friend can help.

Ben and Benjamin, father and son, are polar opposites. Ben is a top manager, and Benjamin, born with a mild form of autism, seems to make nothing of his life. But then Ben gets involved in fraud and loses his job. Slowly, the situation tilts. Ben becomes the outcast, and Benjamin is the only one who can save his father.

At a party with friends, Monique feels her social battery draining from sensory overload. She wants to keep enjoying herself, but as her grip on reality starts to blur, she realizes that only rest can restore her energy.

When fall begins, the strong wind urges the Swallow to go south, along with the other swallows. Alone in his small house, safe from the cold wind, the Squirrel reads books and writes a letter to his friend the Swallow. When he finds an image of the Swallow in one of his books, he sees how a mean griffon threatens his friend, who is unaware of this. In his desperate attempts to save his friend, the Squirrel ends up inside the book, fighting with the word ‘griffon’. As a result of this, the griffon flees from the image, leaving the unsuspecting Swallow unharmed. The Squirrel sits at his table, happy that he could save his distant friend. He gets up, wraps his tail around his neck and goes outside where it is quiet and white. Winter has come.

During the cold winter of hunger in 1944-45 a mother and her daughter hide two Jewish girls in their house. There is little or nothing left to eat and the women look for ways to survive. They decide to unravel a woollen bedspread and knit socks from the wool, 55 in total. On her bicycle without tyres, the mother sets out to barter the socks for food. Oscar-winning director Co Hoedeman (Amsterdam, 1940) reached back into his childhood memories to make this beautiful, poetic film.